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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ní | ni2
English translation
Buddhist nun; used in transliterations

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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Positional decomposition

尸匕

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shī represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

zài 我们 wǒmen de 脚下 jiǎo xià , 大地 dà dì 裂开 liè kāi le ,安东尼 Ān dōng ní 大陆 Dà lù 变成 biàn chéng 了安东尼卡群岛 qún dǎo .

Beneath our very feet, the ground split and Antonica was splintered apart.

夏洛克 Xià luò kè Xiàng 安东尼奥 zǒu ,准备 zhǔnbèi dòng Dāo le .

Shylock advances toward Antonio and prepares to use his knife.

hāi , Bié 瞎扯 xiā chě dàn ,尼诺, ” 约翰 Yuē hàn shuì , “ 这儿 zhè r 需要 xūyào .

" Hey, no kidding around. Nino, " Johnny said. " I need you out here.

蒙哥马利 Méng gē mǎ lì xiàn shì 宾夕法尼亚州 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu zuì 富有 fù yǒu zuì 讲究 jiǎngjiu de xiàn .

Montgomery County is Pennsylvania's wealthiest and most sophisticated county.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Buddhist nun
尼玛 Ní mǎ Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区 Nà qǔ dì qū [Nà​qǔ​dì​qū], central Tibet尼瑪
索尼 Suǒ ní Sony索尼 Suǒ ní
印尼 Yìn ní Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚 Yìn dù ní xī yà )印尼 Yìn ní
丹尼 Dān ní Danny (name)丹尼 Dān ní
尼克 Ní kè Nick (name)尼克 Ní kè
印度尼西亚 Yìn dù ní xī yà Indonesia印度尼西亞
罗马尼亚 Luó mǎ ní yà Romania羅馬尼亞
尼日利亚 Ní rì lì yà Nigeria尼日利亞
丹尼斯 Dān ní sī Dennis (name)丹尼斯 Dān ní sī
阿尔巴尼亚 Ā ěr bā ní yà Albania阿爾巴尼亞
威尼斯 Wēi ní sī Venice威尼斯 Wēi ní sī
丹尼尔 Dān ní ěr Daniel (name)丹尼爾
肯尼迪 Kěn ní dí Kennedy (name)肯尼迪 Kěn ní dí
迪斯尼 Dí sī ní Disney (company name, surname)迪斯尼 Dí sī ní
悉尼 Xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia悉尼 Xī ní
安东尼 Ān dōng ní Anthony (name)安東尼
比基尼 bǐ jī ní bikini (loanword)比基尼 bǐ jī ní
尼斯 Ní sī Nice (city in France)尼斯 Ní sī
加利福尼亚 Jiā lì fú ní yà California加利福尼亞
慕尼黑 Mù ní hēi München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany慕尼黑 Mù ní hēi
尼泊尔 Ní bó ěr Nepal尼泊爾
尼康 Ní kāng Nikon corporation尼康 Ní kāng

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